Historical Events In 1749

Jul 20   Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" in the year 1749.   

Jul 21   Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland in the year 1749.   

Aug 05   Thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   On this day in history j E Schlegel, writer, dies   

Aug 26   In the year 1749 johann Ernst Rembt, composer   

Aug 28   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust) on this day in history.   

Aug 31   On this day in history radistschew, writer   

Oct 04   On this day in history jean-Louis Duport, composer   

Oct 26   In the year 1749 georgia Colony reverses itself & rules slavery is legal   

Oct 26   Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Nov 02   On this day in history english Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post   

Nov 23   On this day in history edward Rutledge, (Gov-SC)/attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)   

Nov 27   Balthasar Schmid, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1749.   

Dec 10   Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 in the year 1749.   

Dec 17   Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) in the year 1749.   

Dec 19   In the year 1749 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76   

Dec 20   On this day in history pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies   

Dec 23   Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer in the year 1749.   

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Jan 12   On this day in history birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)   

Jan 16   Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian   

Jan 29   King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808) was born in the year 1749.   

Feb 22   In the year 1749 birth of johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach   

Mar 09   Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791) was born in the year 1749.   

Mar 10   In the year 1749 birth of lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)   

Feb 07   Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66 in the year 1749.   

May 24   On this day in history death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman   

Jun 13   In the year 1749 jan F van Bloemen, [Orizonte], Flemish painter, dies at 87   

Jun 16   In the year 1749 death of johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)   

Jun 18   On this day in history death of ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)   

Jul 03   In the year 1749 death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)   

Jul 12   On this day in history death of charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France